Hackernews posts about Congress

Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate, which make laws for the country.

1. US Congress is making more than 250M acres of public lands available for sale (www.wilderness.org)
   140 points by surprisetalk 10 days ago | 103 comments
2. Ask HN: Any good tools for viewing congressional bills?
   114 points by tlhunter 24 days ago | 42 comments
3. Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household (grist.org)
   36 points by rntn 22 days ago | 12 comments
4. Congress passed socialized medicine and mandated health insurance in 1798 (2011) (www.forbes.com)
   33 points by Bluestein 22 days ago | 27 comments
5. Congress might block state AI laws for a decade (techcrunch.com)
   23 points by wslh about 14 hours ago | 21 comments
6. Congress is making more than 250M acres of public lands available for sale (www.wilderness.org)
   16 points by thrance 13 days ago | discuss
7. Schneier tries to rip the rose-colored AI glasses from the eyes of Congress (www.theregister.com)
   13 points by tempodox 16 days ago | discuss
8. To fuel AI, US Congress moves to fast-track nuclear plant approvals (www.wsj.com)
   12 points by markgavalda 17 days ago | 12 comments
9. Schneier tries to rip the rose-colored AI glasses from the eyes of Congress (www.theregister.com)
   11 points by mdp2021 24 days ago | 1 comments
10. Dead members of Congress can't stop posting (www.politico.com)
    10 points by FergusArgyll 1 day ago | 3 comments
11. Schneier tries to rip the rose-colored AI glasses from the eyes of Congress (www.theregister.com)
    7 points by pseudolus 22 days ago | 1 comments
12. Show HN: CongressMCP – interact with congress.gov data in natural language (github.com)
    5 points by amurshak 20 days ago | discuss
13. S.1582 – GENIUS Act – 119th Congress (2025-2026) (www.congress.gov)
    3 points by treetalker 13 days ago | 2 comments
14. Congress might block state AI laws for a decade. Here's what it means (techcrunch.com)
    3 points by rntn 2 days ago | 1 comments
15. CongressMCP: MCP Server for US Congressional Data (congressmcp.lawgiver.ai)
    3 points by morisy 11 days ago | discuss
16. What's New Online at the Library of Congress (blogs.loc.gov)
    2 points by mitchbob 19 days ago | 1 comments
17. Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by doener 7 days ago | discuss
18. Congress.gov MCP Server (github.com)
    1 points by ashwinsundar 23 days ago | 2 comments
19. Show HN: CivicEcho, a tool to help you write emails to Congress (AGPL) (civicecho.org)
    1 points by abkhur 7 days ago | discuss
20. WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices (www.axios.com)
    259 points by fahd777 8 days ago | 147 comments
21. Republican governors oppose 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in GOP tax bill (www.politico.com)
    59 points by MilnerRoute 2 days ago | 26 comments
22. Senate Republicans make steep cuts to wind and solar in updated megabill text (www.politico.com)
    25 points by MilnerRoute 3 days ago | 3 comments
23. Lawmakers Traded Stocks as Trump Rolled Out 'Liberation Day' Tariffs (www.wsj.com)
    12 points by JumpCrisscross 20 days ago | 2 comments
24. First Tesla Robotaxi Spotted Driving Around Austin (insideevs.com)
    11 points by andsoitis 20 days ago | 9 comments
25. Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the GOP Tax Bill (www.nytimes.com)
    3 points by voxadam 20 days ago | 1 comments
26. S.1975 - Dark Web Interdiction Act of 2025 (www.congress.gov)
    2 points by baobun 17 days ago | discuss
27. Landmark crypto bill moves closer to passage in US Senate (www.politico.com)
    2 points by voxadam 19 days ago | discuss
28. New proof dramatically compresses space needed for computation (www.scientificamerican.com)
    181 points by baruchel 4 days ago | 92 comments
29. The original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) compressor source code has been released (clownacy.wordpress.com)
    64 points by elvis70 about 8 hours ago | 3 comments
30. Show HN: Zeekstd – Rust Implementation of the ZSTD Seekable Format (github.com)
    214 points by rorosen 15 days ago | 46 comments